Pittsburgh vs. Jacksonville

Scores and stats from WhatIfSports.com's NFL simulations

By Paul Bessire, WhatIfSports.com

September 30th, 2008

WhatIfSports.com "played" the Week 5 - Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Jacksonville Jaguars game 10,001 times. The Pittsburgh Steelers win 56.2% of the time by an average score of 22.9-19.2. The stats in the boxscore below represent the average outcomes of those simulations.

To view stats and scores from every NFL game this week and learn more about how these simulations work, please visit our Week 5 NFL Scores page.

Pittsburgh Team Stats

Jacksonville Team Stats

Points

22.9

Points

19.2

Win %

56.2

Win %

43.8

First Downs

19.3

First Downs

17.1

- Rushing

5.1

- Rushing

5.8

- Passing

13.7

- Passing

10.7

- Penalty

0.4

- Penalty

0.5

3rd Down Eff

6.1/12.7

3rd Down Eff

6.9/14.7

4th Down Eff

0.2/0.4

4th Down Eff

0.4/1.1

Rushes-Yards

30.5-97.3

Rushes-Yards

33-111.9

Avg Rush

3.2

Avg Rush

3.4

Comp-Att-Int

17.9-27.3-0.7

Comp-Att-Int

17.8-26.8-0.8

Passing Yards

247.7

Passing Yards

186.3

Sacked-Yards

2.3-14.2

Sacked-Yards

2-11.8

Fumbles-Lost

0.8-0.4

Fumbles-Lost

0.7-0.4

Punts-Avg

3.9-39.7

Punts-Avg

4.4-40.3

KR-Avg

4.4-18.5

KR-Avg

5.1-19.9

PR-Avg

4.3-9.1

PR-Avg

3.8-10.7

Penalties-Yards

3.6-23

Penalties-Yards

3.3-21.4

Time of Possession

30:19

Time of Possession

30:29

Pittsburgh Individual Stats

Jacksonville Individual Stats

Rushing

Att

Yds

TD

Mewelde Moore

17.6

58

0.4

Carey Davis

9.7

31.4

0.3

Ben Roethlisberger

2.4

3.5

0

Rushing

Att

Yds

TD

Fred Taylor

19.6

64.6

0.3

Maurice Jones-Drew

9.4

35.9

0.2

Montell Owens

1.1

5.4

0

David Garrard

1.8

3.6

0

Receiving

Rec

Yds

TD

Hines Ward

6.1

91.6

0.6

Santonio Holmes

4.5

84.4

0.6

Nate Washington

2.1

25

0.1

Heath Miller

2

24.7

0.2

Mewelde Moore

2.1

20.3

0.1

Receiving

Rec

Yds

TD

Matt Jones

6

68.2

0.4

Reggie Williams

3.2

39.4

0.2

Marcedes Lewis

2.1

22.1

0.2

Jerry Porter

1.2

19.4

0.1

Mike Walker

2

17

0.1

Maurice Jones-Drew

1.4

14.2

0.1

Fred Taylor

1.5

14

0.1

Passing

Comp.

Att.

Yards

TD

INT

Ben Roethlisberger

17.9

27.3

261.8

1.8

0.7

Passing

Comp.

Att.

Yards

TD

INT

David Garrard

17.8

26.8

198.1

1.2

0.8

Field Goals

Made

Missed

Jeff Reed

1.8

0.3

Field Goals

Made

Missed

Josh Scobee

1.8

0.2

Paul Bessire is the Senior Quantitative Analyst and Content Manager for WhatIfSports.com and a member of the Pro Football Writers of America. With any comments, questions or topic suggestions, Paul can be reached at BtB@whatifsports.com. Thanks!